Richard, I so much enjoy hearing all the history that goes with your finds!!!! I'm going to purchase your book and go piece by piece of all my pottery finds from Ireland, Scotland, England, Germany and the states!!!!! God Bless........
NICOLA I love 💘 all your videos of Mudlarking in England and the other countries that you have gone to. I too love the blue and white pottery my foyer has a blue 💙 and white theme. My Grandmother had some good pieces of the pattern Dainty and just love it. Love your videos, its too bad you can't go to Surrey that's where my Grandfather was born in 1888 . So good luck from Michigan USA 🇺🇸 can't wait to see more of your videos.
I love Sponge ware! I have two complete plates and a bowl. You were very lucky to find that beautiful bowl in a charity shop. I am always looking out for it but as you say it is very hard to come by. I found some what I now realise is Black Balsam ware in our last outing (always learn something from you) I also found what I think is the medallion from a Bellarmine jug but I am not certain. I can`t seem to find what else it could be as it is very highly decorated.The tin glaze tile fragments are very beautiful also :)
Richard-always such a pleasure to see your videos! You are always improving my knowledge of pottery. Nice to see Nic and other mudlarkers in your vids.
I find your videos so interesting. Thank you for sharing your finds. I am from NC & love to visit Seagrove NC Randolph County. Several generations of potters.
Thank you for uploading this video. It's interesting to learn more detailed information on the various types of pottery along with the other exciting finds.
Very interesting as usual, nice that you can all get together. Never would have thought that pot Nicola gave you was so old - I'd have thought it was made in the 60's! Amazing! Hope the weather improves for your next outing! 👍
Spongeware always makes my day. Jealous of the beautiful, definitely Scottish bowl. Three colours always a plus. The Beleek Pottery in Ireland did stamp a few of their spongeware pieces, but stamped pieces are as rare as hens teeth.
Yes, sometimes you can match sherds from archaeological digs at factories, but workmen took their stamps with them, meaning a precise attribution is difficult.
Richard Hemery I have two pieces of spongeware with the Beleek mark on the bottom, a mug and a bowl, I once had a large charger, also marked. From the marked pieces I’ve been able to attribute certain sponge patterns and colours, blues and browns to the Beleek pottery. I have at least ten bowls and mugs from Beleek but sadly their museum doesn’t contain any examples, seems they’re ashamed of the humble product they made. I guess it was made and lore has it, during the First World War. Fun detective work.
@@huub1989 Interesting information. It sounds like Coalport, who swore they never made mocha until sherds were found at the factory site in excavations. Such items were rarely marked!
Richard Hemery Pottery snobbery! Another strange thing in relation to attribution of spongeware is to be found where I live in Canada. I come across Scottish and Irish spongeware all the time, of course it’s attributed here to Portneuf, Quebec, where some spongeware was possibly produced but of course it’s the antique dealers way of capitalizing on the Canadian collectors desire to have “Canadiana”. With regard to spongeware the quirkiness and irregularity of the designs and patterns is what I enjoy. You can see the hand of the worker. I even have a sherd that I found in Donegal, Ireland, depicting a little man riding an early motorcycle, they were up with the times!
So happy to have found your channel!! You are a world of pottery knowledge! I'm hoping to learn so much from your videos!! Love this one you did with Nicola. She seems such a lovely lady. One of my favs along with the northern mudlarks. Thank you all so much for your knowledge and entertainment!!
@@richardhemery6916 Thank you so much for taking the time to reply!! I am honoured!! You" TH-cam"people are a credit to society. I'd rather meet one of you guys than a so called celebrity. I hope that makes sense lol.
Thank you very much for de-mystifying the origins & methods of creating pottery. And its household & industrial uses. Gives a clearer picture to daily life, pre-industrial. Thanks as well for pointing out the differences between Victorian grey-ware & Roman non-glazed pottery. I now agree that the black pottery found elsewhere were modern. It is a good location that you chose.
Great video, Richard! I love the tin glaze tiles--would love to line our fireplace with them. Fun to see Nicola out with you. I was in London and able to go mudlarking 7-10 March. I missed the super low tide by a day--had to head back to the States on the 11th. I recovered several very nice 17th and 18th Cent pipe bowls with pretty long stems. Also checked out Bankside and I believe I found the base of a green glazed money pot. I have some finds I couldn't identify by your book, so I may send you some pictures. Thanks again Richard, your videos are absolutely fascinating! I hope this note finds you well!
Thank you Richard for another interesting video. I was surprised about the origin of the first northern Italy pot fragment with the marbled slip. I live not far from Pisa in northern Tuscany. To me, it looks so modern and well made. Hard to believe it's that old. I wonder if they used it to store olive oil.
@@richardhemery6916 Only once when I was digging out a small section in my garden against a very old stone wall. But I am sure they were broken pieces of 19th century dishware. It appeared to be a small dump site, so I kept my eyes open, but I only found an old broken bottle and a few dish pieces. I only dug about 2.5 feet deep. The ground up in these hills is full of rocks. Of course, as these old houses are all built of stones. As far as combing beaches in Italy, they keep the shores very clean haha. And the Mediterranean only has a slight tide. I have some abandoned ruins in the ancient hamlet (borgo) where I live. I never poked around in those, but I should!
@@ciaobella8963 Yes, I remember that about the lack of tide, disappointing! Of course the Italian authorities are very strict on what you can pick up as well.
Brilliant video collaboration, as ever, Richard. Lovely to see Nic and another of her awesome clay pipe finds, plus my mudlarking friend Fran (I do hope she threw that live bullet back into the river!) Thank you for spongeware info as I know so little about this type of pottery. Also very pleased that you highlighted the asbestos. So much of this is lying on the foreshore, unfortunately, and I've seen new mudlarks pick it up without knowing what it is.
Really enjoyed this video, thank you for sharing Richard! You had some very interesting finds. Nice to see Nicola on there too! I’m hopping over to EBay now to look for your book!....
Thank You Kindly Richard! I very much enjoy your examples and history of these pieces and whole examples. I've always found pottery shards a fascinating history of human life and all over the world. Here in Pennsylvania one can find examples like some of the pieces you show here. Along the Susquehanna River I've found pieces of Native pottery that go back thousands of years. Pottery has always been an important archaeological reference in researching a culture and linking them together. I'm always looking for bits of pottery in a field or in a stream bed or river. Even in digging a garden or flower bed one can uncover an entire history that reveals much. It was Nicola that first made me aware of your knowledge that is right down my alley indeed. I wish you the best discoveries in uncovering our past along the Thames and sharing it with us! Love, Light, Peace and Pieces of Pottery! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania
Thanks Daveyjo! There was a pottery industry (Borderware) a few minutes from where I live, and it is incredible that so much was exported to North America from the early 17th century onwards.
My favorite larker friends 😊 the deer pipe and the sponge ware rim so pretty...and that bowl! Wow...I also think the industrial slipware always looks so 20th century...almost Art Deco or mid century
I think the piece with the hatch marks is either part of a frieze or cornice and the hatch marks are where it was stuck to a keyed surface,great video.
A lovely video full of new-to-me pieces of pottery! Do you know what the tin-glazed tiles would be used for? Would it be a stove, or wall tiles? I would think they'd be too fragile for flooring?
I see you have upgraded your old Sainsbury bag to a more robust Sports Direct bag. That's sensible. : - ) I agree with Nic, you are the Professor of Pottery, the absolute expert. Thank you for the video.
Mostly they are rounded, I'm looking at a large one now and it is rolled over, you can see that in the broken section. Smaller ones could be turned out on the wheel, I suppose.
You left your valentine at home while you went on a lark lol. I’d throw mine under a bus to get a chance to go out larking over there. My ideal holiday is a day of mudlarking and then a visit to a Pokémon center lol
Nicola, the bullet has an indentation in the primer. It was probably a misfire. There appears to be corrosion holes as well so it is safe. I think bullets tell more tales. That looks like a .45 caliber pistol bullet. Would be interesting to find out what gun fired it. If there is historical significance.
Kerry Pitt and Clare Ravenwood. It's actually a 9mm Parabellum "dummy" round. It was put together either for military practice (firearms drill) Or more likely looking at it, it was made as a film prop. The hole in the side is drilled into the case. Military drill rounds usually have large dents in the case more often than not these indents are painted either white or red. For the film industry we use inert primers so if the camera catches the back of a magazine being loaded and you happen to see the back of the round it looks correct. I can guarantee that some actor will always pull the trigger denting the primer. Maybe some frustrated armourer on a film set threw it in the Thames in frustration. Hope this was of interest.
@@MrAlphafang Thanks for the update. 9mm usually have holes in the case as it is hard to add flutes as on larger rounds. The drill rounds I have and had seen have no primers but I can understand for film use. I didn't look at it very close when the lady had it. Saw a film and the actor had a belt of ammunition and no primer in the pocket. Don't know how many would catch that if one did not know what to look for.
LOL!!! That 45 cal bullet is inert. The shell casing has been drilled and the primer has been struck. It seems to me that she has made it look that it has just been found, or did she bring it along to make this video????? It looks too new to me.
You really need to be a bit of a detective to figure out what is what...I’d be constantly thinking I had walked right over an extremely rare item just because of my ignorance. I think that’s why I so enjoy your outings and explanations. Thank you!
hi Nicola that horn I think is probably from a rhino, in Victorian times animal artifacts were brought in by tall ships from all over the world was probably dropped during unloading.
A wonderful visit from Richard today! Hope all is well with you and yours! As you said this was a Mudlark from February so we know you have been at home. " I wish you would get to Five K subscribers, just a little click on Richards Subscribe! Viewers Please recognise how valuable Richard is to teaching us all including Nic, Si and many others - the history of pottery on the foreshore. " Richard solves so many mysteries of the when , where , who and why. Bev Martin on the Treasure Coast of Florida presently experiencing the last stormy days of a Cat 1 Hurricane . All well here. Thank you for your visit....
Are bullets illegal there? Y'all always treat them like they are about to blow in your hands. I would think you would not want the bullet to stay in the river but I'm not sure what is the worry about the bullet
Yes, it is not legal to have ammunition. Most mudlarkers throw them into deep water so they are out of harms way. A lot of bullets can be found in London.
Sorry it is a persistent problem on the foreshore. I don't have professional equipment, just a phone! I'm not technically minded enough to do a voice over.
Richard, I so much enjoy hearing all the history that goes with your finds!!!! I'm going to purchase your book and go piece by piece of all my pottery finds from Ireland, Scotland, England, Germany and the states!!!!! God Bless........
Thank you Georgi!
NICOLA I love 💘 all your videos of Mudlarking in England and the other countries that you have gone to. I too love the blue and white pottery my foyer has a blue 💙 and white theme. My Grandmother had some good pieces of the pattern Dainty and just love it. Love your videos, its too bad you can't go to Surrey that's where my Grandfather was born in 1888 . So good luck from Michigan USA 🇺🇸 can't wait to see more of your videos.
I live in Surrey, where was your Grandfather born?
Very interesting video! Hope you have many more great finds!!
Great video Richard. Informative as always. Love the way you always turn up with a carrier bag!!!
fun, with so many eyes-on!
love the pipe bowl, really artistic! ♡
Wonderful video Mr. Hemery. Loved everything but especially the charming sponge ware.
Thanks for all the care you put into your videos. I love hearing all about the pottery you find.
Thank you!
I love Sponge ware! I have two complete plates and a bowl. You were very lucky to find that beautiful bowl in a charity shop. I am always looking out for it but as you say it is very hard to come by. I found some what I now realise is Black Balsam ware in our last outing (always learn something from you) I also found what I think is the medallion from a Bellarmine jug but I am not certain. I can`t seem to find what else it could be as it is very highly decorated.The tin glaze tile fragments are very beautiful also :)
Just watching your latest video now!
Richard I am a new subscriber from Nicolas followers. I love it when you are working together!
Thank you, hopefully not the last time.
Richard-always such a pleasure to see your videos! You are always improving my knowledge of pottery. Nice to see Nic and other mudlarkers in your vids.
, Nice to meet you ! Great video. Very interesting. Thank you.
Thank you.
Lovely finds. Good hunting Richard.
I find your videos so interesting. Thank you for sharing your finds. I am from NC & love to visit Seagrove NC Randolph County. Several generations of potters.
Thanks Shelly!
Thank you for uploading this video. It's interesting to learn more detailed information on the various types of pottery along with the other exciting finds.
Richard -- you grabbed my attention with "A trip out with Nicola White".... :-)
This is a fantastic video, thank you 🇨🇦☮️
Very interesting as usual, nice that you can all get together. Never would have thought that pot Nicola gave you was so old - I'd have thought it was made in the 60's! Amazing! Hope the weather improves for your next outing! 👍
Spongeware always makes my day. Jealous of the beautiful, definitely Scottish bowl. Three colours always a plus. The Beleek Pottery in Ireland did stamp a few of their spongeware pieces, but stamped pieces are as rare as hens teeth.
Yes, sometimes you can match sherds from archaeological digs at factories, but workmen took their stamps with them, meaning a precise attribution is difficult.
Richard Hemery I have two pieces of spongeware with the Beleek mark on the bottom, a mug and a bowl, I once had a large charger, also marked. From the marked pieces I’ve been able to attribute certain sponge patterns and colours, blues and browns to the Beleek pottery. I have at least ten bowls and mugs from Beleek but sadly their museum doesn’t contain any examples, seems they’re ashamed of the humble product they made. I guess it was made and lore has it, during the First World War. Fun detective work.
@@huub1989 Interesting information. It sounds like Coalport, who swore they never made mocha until sherds were found at the factory site in excavations. Such items were rarely marked!
Richard Hemery Pottery snobbery! Another strange thing in relation to attribution of spongeware is to be found where I live in Canada. I come across Scottish and Irish spongeware all the time, of course it’s attributed here to Portneuf, Quebec, where some spongeware was possibly produced but of course it’s the antique dealers way of capitalizing on the Canadian collectors desire to have “Canadiana”.
With regard to spongeware the quirkiness and irregularity of the designs and patterns is what I enjoy. You can see the hand of the worker. I even have a sherd that I found in Donegal, Ireland, depicting a little man riding an early motorcycle, they were up with the times!
Terrific video. Thank you so much for the education and for taking us along.
Great video and a pleasure to meet you on the foreshore . Hope to see you again soon mate
Thanks Kevin.
Stuff i never knew i was interested in! Thanks.
Thank you for the lessons on pottery found on the Thames.
So happy to have found your channel!! You are a world of pottery knowledge! I'm hoping to learn so much from your videos!! Love this one you did with Nicola. She seems such a lovely lady. One of my favs along with the northern mudlarks. Thank you all so much for your knowledge and entertainment!!
Thank you Rebecca, I always enjoy going out mudlarking with Nicola.
@@richardhemery6916 Thank you so much for taking the time to reply!! I am honoured!! You" TH-cam"people are a credit to society. I'd rather meet one of you guys than a so called celebrity. I hope that makes sense lol.
Just found your channel. Love the history and education ❤️. I love knowing what why and where..Thank You!
Thank you Barbara!
That black basalt piece was really lovelylovely bits of pottery, interesting to see the sagar.
Lovely to see you out again x
Just slowly working back through old videos Richard - I can’t believe you found that spongeware bowl in a charity shop! And in decent nick too 😯😯😍👏👏
Yes, it was the find of the year!
Thank you very much for de-mystifying the origins & methods of creating pottery. And its household & industrial uses. Gives a clearer picture to daily life, pre-industrial. Thanks as well for pointing out the differences between Victorian grey-ware & Roman non-glazed pottery. I now agree that the black pottery found elsewhere were modern. It is a good location that you chose.
Great video, Richard! I love the tin glaze tiles--would love to line our fireplace with them. Fun to see Nicola out with you. I was in London and able to go mudlarking 7-10 March. I missed the super low tide by a day--had to head back to the States on the 11th. I recovered several very nice 17th and 18th Cent pipe bowls with pretty long stems. Also checked out Bankside and I believe I found the base of a green glazed money pot. I have some finds I couldn't identify by your book, so I may send you some pictures. Thanks again Richard, your videos are absolutely fascinating! I hope this note finds you well!
That's great Tim, yes, please send photos.
Always extremely Informative about pots and such
Thank you Richard for another interesting video. I was surprised about the origin of the first northern Italy pot fragment with the marbled slip. I live not far from Pisa in northern Tuscany. To me, it looks so modern and well made. Hard to believe it's that old. I wonder if they used it to store olive oil.
Yes, oil is a good candidate. Do you ever find pottery sherds where you are?
@@richardhemery6916 Only once when I was digging out a small section in my garden against a very old stone wall. But I am sure they were broken pieces of 19th century dishware. It appeared to be a small dump site, so I kept my eyes open, but I only found an old broken bottle and a few dish pieces. I only dug about 2.5 feet deep. The ground up in these hills is full of rocks. Of course, as these old houses are all built of stones. As far as combing beaches in Italy, they keep the shores very clean haha. And the Mediterranean only has a slight tide. I have some abandoned ruins in the ancient hamlet (borgo) where I live. I never poked around in those, but I should!
@@ciaobella8963 Yes, I remember that about the lack of tide, disappointing! Of course the Italian authorities are very strict on what you can pick up as well.
Haha, yes. So true.
Brilliant video collaboration, as ever, Richard. Lovely to see Nic and another of her awesome clay pipe finds, plus my mudlarking friend Fran (I do hope she threw that live bullet back into the river!) Thank you for spongeware info as I know so little about this type of pottery. Also very pleased that you highlighted the asbestos. So much of this is lying on the foreshore, unfortunately, and I've seen new mudlarks pick it up without knowing what it is.
Thanks Liz!
Really enjoyed this video, thank you for sharing Richard! You had some very interesting finds. Nice to see Nicola on there too! I’m hopping over to EBay now to look for your book!....
Thanks Rachel!
Thank You Kindly Richard! I very much enjoy your examples and history of these pieces and whole examples. I've always found pottery shards a fascinating history of human life and all over the world. Here in Pennsylvania one can find examples like some of the pieces you show here. Along the Susquehanna River I've found pieces of Native pottery that go back thousands of years. Pottery has always been an important archaeological reference in researching a culture and linking them together. I'm always looking for bits of pottery in a field or in a stream bed or river. Even in digging a garden or flower bed one can uncover an entire history that reveals much. It was Nicola that first made me aware of your knowledge that is right down my alley indeed. I wish you the best discoveries in uncovering our past along the Thames and sharing it with us! Love, Light, Peace and Pieces of Pottery! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania
Thanks Daveyjo! There was a pottery industry (Borderware) a few minutes from where I live, and it is incredible that so much was exported to North America from the early 17th century onwards.
Richard Hemery Super interesting Richard! Thank You So Much! DaveyJO
My favorite larker friends 😊 the deer pipe and the sponge ware rim so pretty...and that bowl! Wow...I also think the industrial slipware always looks so 20th century...almost Art Deco or mid century
Thanks Michelle!
I won’t pretend to have knowledge about old pottery , but I’ve enjoyed the history behind your pottery finds and for that I’m subscribing tfs xx
Good show old Bean !
Most enjoyable and informative too.
Nice to see you all and meet Fran :)
I think the piece with the hatch marks is either part of a frieze or cornice and the hatch marks are where it was stuck to a keyed surface,great video.
Thank you Peter, any idea of date?
A lovely video full of new-to-me pieces of pottery! Do you know what the tin-glazed tiles would be used for? Would it be a stove, or wall tiles? I would think they'd be too fragile for flooring?
Hi Mirkatu! Yes, mainly wall tiles, and a lot round fire places. But also in kitchens, and even shops, as they were easy to clean.
@@richardhemery6916 Thank you so much for answering. They would have made for a very colorful room. :-)
I always love watching you
My Grandad was a sagar makers bottom knocker in The Potteries
I see you have upgraded your old Sainsbury bag to a more robust Sports Direct bag. That's sensible. : - )
I agree with Nic, you are the Professor of Pottery, the absolute expert. Thank you for the video.
Thanks Tobias!
Hey Richard, a tip for the wind noise, put some fuzzy fabric over the mic!
Thank you Anna!
Is it seems that the rims on Roman pottery are rolled . Can you please clarify?
Mostly they are rounded, I'm looking at a large one now and it is rolled over, you can see that in the broken section. Smaller ones could be turned out on the wheel, I suppose.
@@richardhemery6916 Whatever they did definitely worked,to last all this time Thank you for taking your valuable time to answer me.
Nicola’s pipe bowl is most likely “ancient order of foresters” (AOF).
Yes, I think you are right.
And she *DID* find a "Hart" while out on Valentine's Day!!!
@@aengusmacnaughton1375 Yes, good point!
Great video but please fix your sound quality as I have to have it up loud to hear you.
Sorry, I will do!
Interesting😍
You left your valentine at home while you went on a lark lol. I’d throw mine under a bus to get a chance to go out larking over there. My ideal holiday is a day of mudlarking and then a visit to a Pokémon center lol
Ancient order of foresters . The "horn" was the horn core, which is actually bone, and part of the skull. The horn grows around it
Nicola, the bullet has an indentation in the primer. It was probably a misfire. There appears to be corrosion holes as well so it is safe. I think bullets tell more tales. That looks like a .45 caliber pistol bullet. Would be interesting to find out what gun fired it. If there is historical significance.
Looked like a 9mm round.
Kerry Pitt and Clare Ravenwood. It's actually a 9mm Parabellum "dummy" round. It was put together either for military practice (firearms drill) Or more likely looking at it, it was made as a film prop. The hole in the side is drilled into the case. Military drill rounds usually have large dents in the case more often than not these indents are painted either white or red. For the film industry we use inert primers so if the camera catches the back of a magazine being loaded and you happen to see the back of the round it looks correct. I can guarantee that some actor will always pull the trigger denting the primer. Maybe some frustrated armourer on a film set threw it in the Thames in frustration. Hope this was of interest.
@@MrAlphafang Thanks for the update. 9mm usually have holes in the case as it is hard to add flutes as on larger rounds. The drill rounds I have and had seen have no primers but I can understand for film use. I didn't look at it very close when the lady had it. Saw a film and the actor had a belt of ammunition and no primer in the pocket. Don't know how many would catch that if one did not know what to look for.
@@BigLisaFan Morning Clare, Yep I would have probably caught it and then drove my good lady mad complaining about it too. LOL
@@MrAlphafang I laughed and pointed it out. Got told, "just watch the film."
Why do you hope she threw away the bullet?
Curious 🤔
Illegal to own live ammunition so better to be careful and throw it into deep water.
LOL!!! That 45 cal bullet is inert. The shell casing has been drilled and the primer has been struck. It seems to me that she has made it look that it has just been found, or did she bring it along to make this video????? It looks too new to me.
A .45 colt round.
Mery Christmas
You really need to be a bit of a detective to figure out what is what...I’d be constantly thinking I had walked right over an extremely rare item just because of my ignorance. I think that’s why I so enjoy your outings and explanations. Thank you!
Thanks Catherine, we always wonder what we miss!
hi Nicola that horn I think is probably from a rhino, in Victorian times animal artifacts were brought in by tall ships from all over the world was probably dropped during unloading.
I guess you missed a spoon 4:58
Another great movie with Nicola ...
A wonderful visit from Richard today! Hope all is well with you and yours! As you said this was a Mudlark from February so we know you have been at home. " I wish you would get to Five K subscribers, just a little click on Richards Subscribe! Viewers Please recognise how valuable Richard is to teaching us all including Nic, Si and many others - the history of pottery on the foreshore. " Richard solves so many mysteries of the when , where , who and why. Bev Martin on the Treasure Coast of Florida presently experiencing the last stormy days of a Cat 1 Hurricane . All well here. Thank you for your visit....
Are bullets illegal there? Y'all always treat them like they are about to blow in your hands. I would think you would not want the bullet to stay in the river but I'm not sure what is the worry about the bullet
Yes, it is not legal to have ammunition. Most mudlarkers throw them into deep water so they are out of harms way. A lot of bullets can be found in London.
@@richardhemery6916 now I understand. Thank you so much for getting back to me so fast twice today.
Why do u need to throw a bullet away?
It is illegal to keep live ammunition, so if there is any uncertainty, we throw them into deep water.
LOVELY SWEATER, Honey!
I found this so difficult to listen to your voice mostly with the wind.😕
Sorry it is a persistent problem on the foreshore. I don't have professional equipment, just a phone! I'm not technically minded enough to do a voice over.